Provisions Related to Business Transactions in the Code of Hammurabi

question 45

Multiple Choice

Provisions related to business transactions in the Code of Hammurabi indicate that in ancient Mesopotamia

• A) the king depended on merchants for his power.
• B) capitalism already existed.
• C) merchants were generally from ostracized ethnic groups.
• D) trade was important to Mesopotamian life.
• E) the economy depended heavily on agriculture.

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